IGNITION ALTERNATIVE
Enlivy vs Ignition
Ignition is the closest thing to Enlivy on this site: proposals, e-signature, a deals pipeline, recurring billing and a client portal, built for accounting firms. It has no EU e-invoicing, no bank reconciliation, and no pricing you can read without talking to sales.
HOW THEY COMPARE
Enlivy vs Ignition, capability by capability
Four rows here are genuine ties, more than any other comparison on this site. Ignition solved the same problem for a specific audience, accounting and bookkeeping firms, and the differences are about market and compliance rather than concept.
| Capability | Enlivy This page | Ignition Proposals & client billing |
|---|---|---|
| Payment collected on acceptance | Partial | Strong |
| AML & compliance tooling for accounting firms | Absent | Strong |
| Sales pipeline / CRM | Strong | Strong |
| Proposals & contracts with e-signature | Strong | Strong |
| Recurring billing / subscriptions | Strong | Strong |
| EU e-invoicing (PEPPOL / ANAF eFactura) | Partial | Absent |
| Bank sync & reconciliation | Partial | Absent |
| Client self-service portal | Strong | Strong |
| Payroll records (no payroll runs) | Partial | Absent |
| Pricing published without contacting sales | Strong | Absent |
STRENGTHS ON BOTH SIDES
Where each one actually wins
Two products built on the same idea, aimed at different businesses in different markets.
Where Ignition wins
Ignition is purpose-built for accounting and bookkeeping firms and shows it: engagement letters, AML compliance tooling, AI-assisted pricing insights, and the thing it is genuinely best at, tying payment collection directly to the signed engagement so the client's card is authorised the moment they accept. Add workflow automation, forms and data collection, and it covers a firm's whole client-onboarding process.
If you run a practice rather than a general service business, that fit is real and Enlivy is not built for it.
Where Enlivy wins
Ignition has no ANAF eFactura or PEPPOL, which rules it out on its own for invoicing into Romania and increasingly across the EU, and no bank feed or reconciliation, so payments reconcile against its own records rather than your account.
It also does not publish pricing: you start a trial or contact sales. Enlivy lists every pack and price on the product page, and there is no per-active-client fee.
SAME FLOW, DIFFERENT MARKET
Proposal to payment, with EU compliance attached
The pipeline, the e-signed engagement and the recurring plan you already expect, plus ANAF eFactura, PEPPOL BIS 3.0 files and bank sync.
Free plan, no card needed · Packs priced per organization · Tasks included
PRICING
Quote-only and per active client versus published packs
Ignition does not publish prices on its site, which is itself part of the comparison.
Ignition: you have to ask
The pricing page shows a 14-day trial and a monthly or annual toggle, but no figures: you start a trial or contact sales. Third-party pricing trackers report tiers from around 49 dollars a month for a solo user up to roughly 499 at the top, with per-active-client fees on the lower tiers and extra users at 25 to 45 dollars a month. Treat those as reported rather than confirmed, because Ignition does not state them publicly.
Enlivy: published, per feature pack
Every pack and price is listed publicly: invoicing, contracts, and the sales pipeline are separate packs, payroll is a separate pack, and the customer portal is included.
There is no per-active-client fee; Helpdesk seats beyond the included seat are charged separately. See plans and pricing.
WHO IT FITS
Who each one actually fits
A quick way to self-select before you read the rest of the page.
Ignition fits you if
- You run an accounting or bookkeeping practice and need engagement letters and AML tooling built for that work.
- You want the client's payment authorised at the moment they accept the proposal.
- You invoice inside markets where PEPPOL and eFactura are not a requirement.
Enlivy fits you if
- You invoice from a Romanian company and need ANAF eFactura, or PEPPOL BIS 3.0 files, which Ignition does not offer.
- You want bank transactions linked to invoices, not just payments matched to your own documents.
- You want to know what it costs before you talk to anyone, and not to pay per active client.
SWITCHING
Switching from Ignition
This is not a move away from a weaker product. It is a move to one that covers EU compliance and reconciliation, and prices in public.
What you run today
- Ignition Proposals, engagements and billing, priced per active client
- An accounting system The ledger Ignition does not keep
- Nothing for EU compliance No PEPPOL, no ANAF eFactura
- Manual reconciliation Payments matched to documents, not to your bank
What it becomes
Enlivy
- Pipeline, proposal and signed contract kept connected
- Billing schedules for retainers and subscriptions
- Romanian ANAF connection and supported invoice file exports
- Bank transactions linked to invoices
What stays where it is
- Ignition engagement letters, AML tooling
- Your accountant the general ledger
If you run a practice, Ignition's engagement letters and AML compliance are built for regulated accounting work and Enlivy has no equivalent. That is a real reason to stay, and this page rates it as one.
How the move works
- 1
Export your clients
Clients, proposals and active engagements come out as a spreadsheet.
- 2
Rebuild the engagements
Proposals and recurring plans become Enlivy contracts and billing schedules.
- 3
Invoice compliantly
New invoices get eFactura for Romanian clients, and your team links each bank payment to its invoice.
TRY IT ON ONE ENGAGEMENT
You can test this without talking to sales
Create an organization, run one client from proposal to signed contract to paid invoice, and see the price list before you start rather than after.
Free plan, no card needed · Packs priced per organization · Tasks included
IGNITION ALTERNATIVE
Enlivy vs Ignition: common questions
Is Enlivy a replacement for Ignition, or does it work alongside it?
For a general service business, a replacement: proposals, e-signature, a deals pipeline, recurring billing and a client portal exist in both, and Enlivy adds ANAF eFactura, EU e-invoice files and bank sync. For a regulated accounting practice, Ignition's engagement letters and AML tooling have no Enlivy equivalent, so it may be worth keeping.
What does Ignition cost?
Ignition does not publish prices on its site: you start a 14-day trial or contact sales. Third-party pricing trackers report tiers from roughly 49 dollars a month for a solo user to about 499 at the top, with per-active-client fees on lower tiers and extra users at 25 to 45 dollars a month. Those figures are reported rather than confirmed by Ignition. Enlivy lists every pack and price publicly.
Can Enlivy send an EU e-invoice or ANAF eFactura that Ignition can't?
Yes, for Romania. Ignition has no PEPPOL or eFactura support, so on its own it cannot issue a compliant invoice for a Romanian business or, increasingly, elsewhere in the EU. Enlivy sends a Romanian organization's invoices to Romanian clients through ANAF eFactura, manually or on a schedule you set, and for other EU markets it can export a PEPPOL BIS 3.0 file you submit yourself.
Does Enlivy collect payment when the client accepts, like Ignition does?
Not in the same way. Tying payment authorisation to the moment an engagement is accepted is the thing Ignition is genuinely best at, and the comparison table rates it that way. Partly: after acceptance the client can pay the first invoice by card, through your own Stripe account, and with the Billing Schedules pack a billing schedule issues the invoices after it.
What happens to my clients and engagements if I switch?
Clients export as a spreadsheet and import into Enlivy; you rebuild active engagements there as contracts and, with the Billing Schedules pack, billing schedules. Invoices already issued stay in your records as they are.